Entertainment & Sports
Jan. 31, 2013
Appeals court may toss "Lost" idea theft claim
A California appellate court indicated Tuesday it was inclined to throw out an elderly writer's claim that ABC stole his ideas to create the hit castaway drama "Lost."
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A California appellate court indicated Tuesday it was inclined to throw out an elderly writer's claim that ABC stole his ideas to create the hit castaway drama "Lost."
Reading a tentative ruling before hearing oral arguments on the case, a panel of 2nd District Court of Appeal justices said they weren't persuaded that retired television writer Anthony Spinner's decades-old ideas wer...
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